2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Group II for next year.

PlacingPool APool B
1 Turkey Morocco
2 Egypt Algeria
3 Moldova Ireland
4  Malta
Main article: 2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Promotional Play-Offs

The top two teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group II for next year.

Turkey vs. Algeria

Turkey
3		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt
24 April 2010
Clay (outdoors)
Algeria
0
1 2 3
1
Pemra Özgen
Assia Halo		 6
0		 6
2		    
2
Çağla Büyükakçay
Fatima Zorah Bouabdallah		 6
1		 6
1		    
3
Pemra Özgen / İpek Şenoğlu
Nihel Adjali / Fatima Zohra Boukezzi		 6
1		 6
0		    

[1]

Egypt vs. Morocco

Egypt
0		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt
24 April 2010
Clay (outdoors)
Morocco
2
1 2 3
1
Magy Aziz
Nadia Lalami		 3
6 		3
6 		   
2
Ola Abou Zekry
Fatima El Allami		 2
6 		2
6 		   
3
 
 		       not
played

[2]

Fifth to Sixth Play-off

The third placed teams of both pools were placed against each other in a head-to-head rounds. The winner of the round was allocated fifth place in the Group, while the loser was allocated sixth.

Moldova vs. Ireland

Moldova
1		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt
24 April 2010
Clay (outdoors)
Ireland
2
1 2 3
1
Olga Terteac
Niamh Coveney		 6
2		 6
0		    
2
Julia Helbet
Julia Moriarty		 2
6 		1
6 		   
3
Julia Helbet / Alexandra Perper
Lynsey McCullough / Julia Moriarty		 64
77		 6
4		 63
77		  

[3]

Seventh

Due to the fact that there was an odd number of teams in Pool A as opposed to the even number of teams in Pool B, the nation that placed last in Pool B ( Malta) was automatically allocated seventh place in Group III.

Final Placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  Turkey
 Morocco
Third  Algeria
 Egypt
Fifth  Ireland
Sixth  Moldova
Seventh  Malta
  •  Turkey and  Morocco advanced to Group II for 2011. They both placed third in their respective pools, and thus met in the relegation play-off. The Turks won, meaning Turkey remained in Group II, while Morocco was relegated back to Group III for 2012.[4][5]

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Turkey v Algeria". fedcup.com.
  2. "Egypt v Morocco". fedcup.com.
  3. "Moldova v Ireland". fedcup.com.
  4. "Fed Cup Profile, Turkey". fedcup.com.
  5. "Fed Cup Profile, Morocco". fedcup.com.
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